Indeed.
Black Pig Monster King's guess was correct. The palm strike Gu Qingfeng had just delivered was indeed one imbued with the Dao of Life.
With Gu Qingfeng's current comprehension of the Great Dao of Life, instantly igniting a weak life breath and making it blaze vigorously was not a difficult task.
The irony was that while Gu Qingfeng could use the Great Dao of Life to make Black Pig Monster King's life breath flourish, he could not do the same for his own.
Ever since the Great Nature forcibly stuffed him with that seed of endless vitality back in the day, his life force had been infinite. Yet, for some unknown reason, after igniting the Original Sin Karmic Flame and sleeping for a full ten thousand years, he awoke to find that infinite life force had inexplicably vanished.
Well, it couldn't exactly be called vanished.
Because Gu Qingfeng could still sense the infinite vitality, but that was all—just a sense.
The infinite vitality could neither nourish his essence, qi, and spirit, nor his strange physical body. He remained as weak as ever. This so-called infinite vitality seemed utterly superficial before his frail body, serving no purpose whatsoever.
Gu Qingfeng didn't know if the infinite vitality was fake,
or if it was asleep,
or if his body had truly decayed to a point where even infinite vitality was powerless.
He didn't know.
And he couldn't be bothered to think about this damnable problem.
"How do you feel?"
"I feel...
Great...
This is truly incredible!"
Black Pig Monster King currently had only one sensation: his entire body was brimming with power. From his cultivation since the Primordial Era until now, he had never experienced such a feeling. It was utterly exhilarating. In just this short while, his external injuries had miraculously healed by more than half. Although his Great Dao Throne and original true form were not fully recovered, they were now full of vitality, like a fish back in water.
"Feeling good is enough. Remember one thing: the vitality I gave you isn't permanent. As you consume your own energy, this flourishing vitality will gradually weaken until it returns to its original state."
Changing the subject, Gu Qingfeng added, "Of course, as long as you don't squander it recklessly, this vitality should be enough for you to get by."
Opposite him.
Black Pig Monster King looked extremely excited, his expression one of immense agitation.
He understood perfectly well how precious vitality was.
One must know that this stuff was the essence of life. Forget about spiritual pills and miraculous medicines; even the purest spiritual energy paled in comparison to life essence. Since ancient times, one saying about life essence had been passed down: a single wisp of life essence was comparable to the spiritual energy of an entire world.
One could imagine what kind of existence life essence was.
Now that Black Pig Monster King possessed such vigorous vitality, it was absolutely not as simple as 'getting by,' as Gu Qingfeng had put it.
It was no exaggeration to say that if Black Pig Monster King could properly utilize this body full of strong vitality, his physical form, his original true form, his Great Dao Throne, all his other fortunes, and even his own cultivation base could achieve a qualitative leap.
Gazing at Gu Qingfeng before him, Black Pig Monster King opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but the words died on his lips.
Gu Qingfeng walked over, patted his shoulder, and said, "No need for words of thanks. These days, everyone has their hard times. Who knows, maybe one day when I'm in trouble, I'll need your help too."
Having said that, Gu Qingfeng seemed to remember something and asked again, "Oh, right. If one day in the future I really do need your help, would you lend a hand, kid?"
"You can rest assured!
I will definitely repay this favor!"
"As long as you don't throw stones at me when I'm down the well, that'll already be helping me out, hahaha!"
Gu Qingfeng waved his hand, and the dark space instantly vanished.
The two of them returned to the Ancient Ruins of the Primordial Age.
Above, the sky still swirled like a gigantic vortex, churning with the chaotic currents of the Primordial Black Hole.
The earth below remained an endless expanse of barren desert.
It seemed nothing had changed.
Just as Gu Qingfeng was about to bid farewell to Black Pig Monster King, he suddenly sensed something amiss. Looking up, he saw over ten figures flying toward them at extreme speed.
Most of these ten-plus individuals were experts who had Entered Profound Mystery. Their cultivation levels were profound, one deeper than the last. One among them, like Black Pig Monster King, possessed a Great Dao Throne. The difference was that Black Pig Monster King's throne was a Monster Dao Throne, while that person's was an Immortal Dao Throne.
Furthermore, the elder leading the group also caught Gu Qingfeng's attention.
This elder was not a Great Dao Destiny, nor did he possess any messy array of fortunes. However, his cultivation was truly extraordinary.
If the cultivation of the other Entering Profound Mystery experts could be described as profound, then the cultivation of this leading elder could only be called unfathomable.
As was well known.
Entering Profound Mystery was a lofty realm that all cultivators looked up to.
Even in this current era of universal revival and abundant spiritual energy, it was no exception.
In the Great Wasteland, spirit immortals who had achieved spiritual communion and subtle mastery might be a dime a dozen, but profound immortals who had Entered Profound Mystery were definitely few and far between.
For other realms, even if your comprehension wasn't high and you lacked abundant resources, as long as you didn't give up, cultivated diligently, endured the test of time, and accumulated bit by bit, you could eventually break through one day.
However.
The realm of Entering Profound Mystery was different. The two characters 'Profound Mystery' were too... profound and mysterious. These two words alone barred ninety percent of the Great Wasteland's cultivators from entry. Even if you could endure the test of time and possessed inexhaustible resources, if you could not comprehend the essence of 'Profound Mystery,' you could never Enter Profound Mystery.
In other words, without exception, those capable of stepping into the realm of Entering Profound Mystery were all exceptional talents, individuals with extraordinary comprehension—true dragons and phoenixes among men.
Some said the words 'Profound Mystery' represented the Gate of the Great Dao.
Only by comprehending the true meaning of Profound Mystery could one truly step onto the Great Dao.
Unfortunately, since ancient times, those who could thoroughly comprehend these two words were not many.
It was precisely for this reason that whenever experts who had Entered Profound Mystery were mentioned, they were often accompanied by the description 'unfathomable.'
Because you simply had no idea how many years a profound immortal who had Entered Profound Mystery had cultivated for, nor how powerful their strength had become.
Cultivation that had withstood the test of time possessed terrifying power, sometimes terrifying beyond imagination.
The elder leading the over ten flying figures was clearly this kind of unfathomably deep expert.
Beside him, when Black Pig Monster King saw the over ten figures flying toward them from afar, his heart immediately tightened. Not long ago, he had killed several people from the Purple Mist Immortal Realm here, and one of the Purple Mist Immortal Realm's patriarchs had even managed to escape using a blood escape technique.
If there were no other patriarchs from the Purple Mist Immortal Realm within these Ancient Ruins, Black Pig Monster King wouldn't be worried. After all, this wasn't the Great Wasteland but the perilous Primordial Black Hole. Whether that patriarch who escaped via blood escape could even survive was an unknown.
However.
It's always wise to prepare for the worst.
If, by any chance, other patriarchs of the Purple Mist Immortal Realm were also within these Ancient Ruins, and they received the news, they would undoubtedly hunt down Black Pig Monster King everywhere.
And the moment Gu Qingfeng and Black Pig Monster King emerged from the dark space, these over ten figures immediately flew over. Clearly, they had been waiting here for a long time.
Could they really be patriarchs from the Purple Mist Immortal Realm?
Black Pig Monster King released his divine sense to scan them. When he clearly saw the over ten flying figures, his expression instantly turned grave. He said in a low voice, "Damn it all!
They really are patriarchs from the Purple Mist Immortal Realm!
They must be here to kill me!"